Editing Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In (section)

===Sketches===
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Frequently recurring ''Laugh-In'' sketches included:
*"'''Cocktail Party'''"; a live to tape segment consisting of all cast members and occasional surprise celebrities dancing before a 1960s "mod" party backdrop, delivering one- and two-line jokes interspersed with a few bars of dance music. (This was similar in format to the "Word Dance" segments of ''[[A Thurber Carnival]]'', and would later be imitated on ''[[The Muppet Show]]''.)
*"'''Mod, Mod World'''"; a group of sketches introduced by Rowan and Martin that fit into an announced theme. This segment is notable for being interspersed with film clips of some of the female cast members ([[Judy Carne]], [[Ruth Buzzi]], [[Goldie Hawn]], [[Chelsea Brown]], and others<ref name="youtube/OIQiOxRkzBw">{{cite web |author1=Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In |author1-link=Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In |title=Eve Arden On Laugh-In |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OIQiOxRkzBw |website=[[YouTube]] |access-date=26 November 2024 |date=6 March 2024}}</ref>) performing go-go dancing in bikinis to the segment's burlesque-inspired theme, with the camera periodically zooming into puns, jokes and images that had been painted onto their bodies. The segment also usually included an additional musical number based on the topic, performed by cast members at the beginning and end of the segment, as well as in short bridges between sketches. 
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*"'''Sock it to me'''"; Judy Carne was often tricked into saying the phrase ("It may be [[rice wine]] to you, but it's [[sake]] to me!"), which invariably results in her (or other cast members) falling through a trap door, being doused with water, or playfully assaulted in various other manners.  The phrase was also uttered by many of the cameo guest stars, [[#Memorable moments|most notably Richard Nixon]], though they were almost never subjected to the same treatment as Carne. The phrase was "retired" after Carne left the series. In the last season where Alan Sues was a regular, he would be the one who got water thrown on him after a ticking alarm clock went off.
*"'''The Farkel Family'''", a couple with numerous children, all of whom wore round glasses, had bright red hair and large freckles - strikingly similar to their "good friend and trusted neighbor" Ferd Berfel (Dick Martin). The sketch employed diversion humor, the writing paying more attention to the lines said by each player, using [[Alliteration|alliterative]] tongue-twisters ("That's a fine-looking Farkel flinger you found there, Frank"). Dan Rowan played father Frank Farkel the Third, Jo Anne Worley, Barbara Sharma, and Patti Deutsch played his wife Fanny Farkel, Goldie Hawn played Sparkle Farkel, and Arte Johnson played Frank Farkel the Fourth. Ruth Buzzi played Flicker Farkel, who wore a frilly dress and would contort herself and roll on the floor and loudly say "HIIIIII!" in a very high-pitched voice. Two of the children were twins named [[Simon & Garfunkel|Simon and Gar Farkel]], played by cast members of different races (Teresa Graves and Pamela Rodgers in the third season; Johnny Brown and Dennis Allen in the fourth). By the final season the Farkel offspring had dwindled to only two children, played by Ruth Buzzi and the puppet Lester. All of the Farkel skits were written or co-written by David Panich.
*"'''Here Comes the Judge'''". The judge, originally portrayed by British comic [[Roddy Maude-Roxby]], was a stuffy magistrate with a black robe and [[Court dress#King's Counsel|oversized judge's wig]]. Each sketch featured the judge trading barbs with a defendant brought before him. On delivery of the punchline, he would strike the defendant with an inflated bladder balloon tied to the sleeve of his robe. Guest stars [[Flip Wilson]] or [[Sammy Davis Jr.]] would introduce the sketch saying "Here come da judge!", which was a venerable catchphrase by nightclub comedian [[Pigmeat Markham]]. Surprised that his trademark had been appropriated, Markham asked producer George Schlatter to let him play the judge himself; Schlatter agreed and Markham presided for the first half of the second season. After Markham left, the sketch was briefly retired until [[Sammy Davis Jr.]] donned the judicial robe and wig during his guest appearances, making the role his own. The character was introduced as "The Right Honorable Samuel Davis, Junior" (or "Right Hon." for short). Davis introduced each sketch with a spoken verse like "If your lawyer's sleepin', better give him a nudge! Everybody look alive 'cause here come de judge!" Davis would then strut off stage chanting "Here come de judge! Here come de judge!"
*"'''Laugh-In Looks at the News'''", a parody of [[Television news|network news]]casts. It first appeared in the pilot episode in a slightly different format, meant to show how a news broadcast would run if presented as a weekly variety show.  The segment was introduced by the female cast members singing the segment's opening theme in a different costumed set piece each week, often with the help of the guest star, in a highly un-journalistic manner - with clever production numbers that had intricate choreography and amazing costume design. The sketch was originally called the Rowan and Martin Report (a take-off on the [[Huntley-Brinkley Report]], Hovis had mimicked Brinkley in the Pilot/Special). The sketch itself featured Martin reading the "News of the Present", humorously reporting on current events, which then segued into Dan reporting on "News of the Future" (20 years later), and sketches depicting the "News of the Past". "News of the Future" segments, on at least two occasions, ''correctly predicted'' future events, one being that [[Ronald Reagan]] would be president in 1988, and another that the [[Berlin Wall]] would finally come down in 1989 (''S2 E23''). This segment was influenced by the BBC's ''[[That Was the Week That Was]]'', and in turn inspired ''[[Saturday Night Live]]'s'' "[[Weekend Update]]" segments (''SNL'' creator [[Lorne Michaels]] was a ''Laugh-In'' writer early in his career). The News segments were followed by "Big Al" (Sues) and his sports report in seasons 2–5.  After Sues left the show, [[Jud Strunk]] took over the sports segment ("reporting from the sports capital of [[Farmington, Maine]]") by featuring films of oddly-named events which were actual sports films played backwards. An example is the "Cannonball Catch", featuring a backwards film of a bowling tournament where the "cannonballs" (bowling balls) are caught one-handed by the catcher (the bowler) after rolling up the alley.   
*"'''New Talent Time'''" also called "Discovery of the Week" in later seasons. It introduced oddball variety acts (sometimes characters played by regular cast members). ''Laugh-In'' writer Chris Beard (later known as Chris Bearde)  took the "New Talent" concept and later developed it into ''[[The Gong Show]]''.
:*[[Tin Pan Alley]] musician [[Tiny Tim (musician)|Tiny Tim]] – The most notable of these performances was in episode 1 and shot him  to fame. He returned in the Season 1 finale, made several guest appearances after, and was there for the series finale.
:*Actor [[Paul Gilbert (actor)|Paul Gilbert]] (adoptive father of actress [[Melissa Gilbert]]) appeared in three episodes as an inept French juggler, introduced as "Paul Jill-''bare''".
:*[[The Holy Modal Rounders]], [[List of Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In episodes#Season 2 (1968–69)|14 October 1968]]
:*6'2" actress Inga Neilsen made appearances as a bugle/kazoo player who could only play one note of "Tiger Rag" and had to deal with Martin's advances. Martin, who showed mild interest in most New Talent acts, enthusiastically cheered her on despite the obvious lack of talent.
:*Ventriloquist [[Paul Winchell]] appeared three times as "Lucky Pierre", whose puppets would fall apart or die on him.
:*[[Arte Johnson]] would appear as his Pyotr Rosmenko character looking for his big American break, singing gibberish in a Russian accent.
:*[[Murray Langston]], made an appearance. He would later achieve fame as the Gong Show's "Unknown Comic".
*"'''The Flying Fickle Finger of Fate Award'''" sardonically recognized actual dubious achievements by public individuals or institutions, the most frequent recipients being members or branches of the government. The trophy was a gilded left hand mounted on a trophy base with its extended index finger adorned with two small wings. The award was created by Paul Keyes and [[Jack Hanrahan]], with the former credited with its name and the latter the trophy.<ref name="jwclemag7601">[https://clevelandmagazine.com/in-the-cle/the-read/articles/the-man-who-made-cleveland-a-national-joke Walders, Joe. "The Man Who Made Cleveland a National Joke," ''Cleveland Magazine'', January 1976.] Retrieved February 17, 2025.</ref>
*"'''The Wonderful World of Whoopee Award'''" was a counterpart to the "Flying Fickle Finger of Fate Award", described by Rowan as a citation "for the little man who manages to outfight or outfox the bureaucracy"; the statue was similar to the Finger of Fate, only it was a right hand (without wings on the index finger) pointing straight up, and with a hidden mechanism that, when activated, waved the finger in a circular motion.
*"'''The C.F.G. [[Automat]]'''"; a [[vending machine]] whose title was an inside joke for cast members who referred to producer Schlatter as "Crazy F***ing George". The vending machine would distribute oddball items that were a play on the name. Examples: The 'pot pie' produced a cloud of smoke when the door was opened, then the pie floated away. The 'ladyfingers' was a woman's hand reaching out and tickling Arte's face while another 'ladyfingers' door opened and picked his pocket.
*Many episodes were interspersed with a recurring, short wordless gag in which an actor repeatedly tried to accomplish some simple task like entering an elevator, opening a window or door, watering a plant, etc., which would fail each time in a different, surprising way (the object would move unexpectedly, another part of the wall or room would move, water would squirt the actor in the face from the object, etc.)
*Another recurring wordless gag involved one or more actors walking around the street in a jerky fashion (using stop-motion or low shutter speed filming) holding and turning a bare steering wheel, as if they were driving a car or actually were a car, with various sound effects to simulate honking, back-ups, collisions with each other, etc.
*From season 4 on, a variety of sketches or jokes used the word "Foon", usually as part of the name of imaginary products or persons (e.g., Foon detergent, Mr. Foonman). The names "Nern" and "Wacker"  were used similarly from Seasons 1 through 3. 
*"'''Questions From The Audience / Dick's Costumes'''"; In the sixth season, Dan Rowan would ask the audience if anybody had any questions about the show or otherwise. As he was doing so (in which nobody in the audience ever spoke up), Dick Martin would come out wearing a wacky costume which Rowan would ask about, leading to a humorous exchange on the costume's subject matter.